Tag Archives: Ministry Team Blog

I like words. Actually I like words a great deal. I like short words like pox and long words like quintessential. I like new words like blog and old words like cleave. I like words that make me smile like … Continue reading →

It is said that you never read the Bible the same way again, once you have visited the Holy Land.  Lucy and I have just returned from a week spent in Jerusalem and Galilee.  We have been in the company … Continue reading →

Happy New Year from all Itchen Valley Parish!   The following article appears in the January edition of Itchen Valley News I got engaged on New Year’s Day…a few years ago now. There is something about a New Year. If … Continue reading →

It was a fantastic morning today at Winchester Cathedral – for the consecration of the new Bishop of Basingstoke  – Revd Canon David Williams.  This was a bit of a first as bishops are usually consecrated on a job lot … Continue reading →

Grace This article first appeared in Itchen Valley News September 2014 edition One of the things that Lucy and I do over the summer is to spend a week attending a Christian holiday called HTB Focus.  On Camber Sands, along … Continue reading →

Lucy and I have just come back from two weeks away. The second week was on what is called a Christian house party run by an organisation called the Stewards Trust http://www.stewardstrust.org.uk/with a group of families which we first got … Continue reading →

This article was first published in Itchen Valley News, July edition I have recently returned from a holiday in Thailand, a country and people I like very much indeed. It was my first time on Koh Samui but as an … Continue reading →

From the Rectory June 2014 (This first appeared in the June edition of the Itchen Valley News) In May I had the privilege of speaking at Friendship Club. Drawing on my days as a museum curator, we talked about objects … Continue reading →

This article appeared first in the May edition of Itchen Valley News ‘Conscious un-coupling’ is a phrase that we have heard something about in the news recently.  I think the basic idea is that a married couple separate (‘with good … Continue reading →

A very extraordinary few weeks… By Revd. Alex Pease Lucy and I have been away since Easter on a 25th wedding anniversary trip to South Africa and returned at the weekend and then attended an event at the Royal Albert … Continue reading →